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i just ran the executable and gave it permission, it said "might not have installed correctly", so i reinstalled it using the prompt option, and nothing has happened so far
i installed some software recently, but it's all innocuous - autograph is the only one i can think of

It could depend on where you got the file from. If you d/l a file from a bad site that hosts a modified version, there could well be a virus in there. Some well known files can be modified to contain a virus. If I d/l anything, I try to get it from the source site instead of a general site hosting the file (if possible).

I downloaded the installation file directly from the source.
many other students have used the same download link (provided by the university) and have not had this problem.
It only seems to happen on windows 7 OS.

It could depend on where you got the file from. If you d/l a file from a bad site that hosts a modified version, there could well be a virus in there. Some well known files can be modified to contain a virus. If I d/l anything, I try to get it from the source site instead of a general site hosting the file (if possible).

+1 Me too! I have personally ran into that myself by downloading an executable of well known and popular software and it had been modified with a trojan. So stick with the site that the .exe or .zip is supposed to be from..Good advice!

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